Not much, it just wasn't the sequel to 2 that people wanted, but it would have been impossible to follow from the end of 2 without having to explain it all through some contrived way like nanomachines
What went wrong?
Colton Torres
Jacob Phillips
It was an amazing engine with fantastic visuals and extraordinary gameplay that was hindered by the lack of utilizing said gameplay and having a story so ridiculous and so invasive that all anyone can really remember about the game was waiting to play parts of it in between long load times and cutscenes.
Zachary Phillips
>1=4>2=3>GZ>TTS>>>TPP>>PW
I like 4, b ut this is objectively awful taste
2>3>1=4>GZ>>>PW>>>>>>>>>>>>V
Owen Foster
>fantastic visuals
I never understood this meme.
Everything besides character models is insanely low-poly and the textures are complete ass.
John Ross
I used to like 2 and 3 more than i do now but they get worse and worse with each replay
They are still great games but they just arent as fun to replay for me as 1 and 4
Angel Martin
It basically had three different directors and was probably not very close to any of their visions for the game. Kojima should have let go or taken complete control.
Nathaniel Gutierrez
Sometimes marketing memes just stick. 2009 people looked at it "HOLY SHIT IT LOOKS SO GOOD" and it just didn't go away.
Same with stupid shit like calling Tyrant in RE2 Mr. X
Michael Green
1 hour of cutscene for 5 mins of gameplay. And Fukushima not being part of it.
Jayden Cox
I actually just replayed 1-4 on my annual playthrough over the past week and 2 was the only one that still felt fresh for me.
I actually used to enjoy 4 the most in terms of gameplay and levels, but actually that was the least fun to replay this time round, probably because i've played it too much now.
Not sure how you can find 1 as one of the better to replay other than for potential nostalgia value - the backtracking really tarnishes it.
You can do Plant on 2 without having to backtrack quite as much.
Wyatt Clark
It looked great for a PS3 game at the time of its release, and the art direction was on point. Also remember that most of the time you were staring at Snake's ass as you played.